Garment-suppqrter



(No Model.)

M. B. HAMMOND. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

. Supports; and I do hereby'declare the following' to bea full, clear, and exact description make and use the same.

f parts hereinafter fully described 'and-then specifically designated by the claims.

' imp'rovement immediatelyprior to final lockparts -in all'the guresof thedrawings.

from metal and .a button 2-also-made'from videdwith an elongatedA slot or gate-4, which To all whom z' may concern:

skilled in the art to whichjit appertains to 'this end in view my invention consistsin the trating the manner in which the'parts of my cured in any ordinary'and usualmanner to a cular opening 5 of a' size sufcient toadmit the head vof thebutton, .while the lower end of this slot 'l'eadsrint'o an enlarged circular l' UNITED 'STATES PATENT Orr'rca .'Mvm'iN HAMMOND, or BRIDGEPORT, co'NNEdruzu'r.

eARMENT- suPPQITFER.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of kIra/Gers ment No'. 551,892, cated December 24, 1895. j

'lppumimnea cantar 2,1895.

` Bc it known that I, MYRoN B. IIIAMMOND, a citizen of the United'. States, residing at Bridgeport, .in the countyl of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garmentof the invention, such as will enable others My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in garment-Supports, but more particularly has reference to that class of such devices which comprises a-button and a metallic loop.

The' object of my improvement is toprevent the fastening device from becoming ac cidentall y displaced or disengaged; and with details of construction and combination of In the accompanying drawings, Figure l. is an elevationV of my improvement, the parts being engaged in locking position; Fig. 2, a section at the line .r of'Fig. l; Fig. 3, ardetail elevation of'the loop portion of the fastening device; Fig. 4, a detail elevation of the ing; Fig. d, a detail elevation of a modified form 01:' loop, and Fig. 9, an elevationillusfastener automatically engage'when the loop shown at Fig. 8 is used.

Similar numbers of referenccdenote likeV My improvement comprises a loop 1 made metal,=botl1 the loop 'and the buttonbeing-sepiece of tape or webbing-3. The loop is' proleads at its upper portion intoan enlarged cir# opening 6, considerably smaller than the open- Serial No. 564,431, (No model.)

ing 5. The shank'7 of the button 2 is wider at one of its-'diameters than the slot4, and in cross-section this shank is preferablyiovoidal able strength.' The. normal-position of the the longest diameter of the shank 7 is at right angles to the slot 4, so that it will be' clear vthat when the head'2'is inserted through the opening' they button must be turned around so that its' shank may enter and' pass d'own through the slot 4, as seen at Fig.; 7 into the opening 6, andwhen said shank .is 'in this -55 in shape, so as-to present a smooth-rounding surface and at. the same time give consider-g opening 6 it will rest in a position athwart slot 4, as'seen in dotted lines at Fig. 1', so that said button canpot become disengaged from the: loop l.' unless the shank is first turned around so as to stand with relation to the slot in the'position shown at' Fig. 7.

In applying my 1mprovement the buttonfis 'j placed beneath vthe garment so that the latter will cover the head of thebutton, and tlen the button is inserted through the opening '5 and then turned around and passed down through the slot 4 intothe opening 6.

The general strain upon the garment is suffy cient to always vkeep the button in its locked position, (shown at Fig. 1,) and there isnoxjy,- v danger `ofthis button jumping up through the slot 4, owing to the fact that said button `must first be given a quarter-turn lbefore the shank can enter this slot. v

By making one sidewall of the opening 5 merge gradually into the corresponding side wall of the. gate 4 a tapered'mouth is-fvormed on one sideof the upper end of the s'lot,`as shown at Fig. 8, so that when the button is inserted thjrough'thev opening 5 a tug or draft .on thetape which carries 4the button will cause the shank lto automatically-turn when it strikes thistapered gate, as shown at Fig.

.95 thereby allwing the button to pass down and seat itself within the lopeningG. v

Of course itlwill be clear that the 'smallest where -it leads into the opening G, and that the side walls of said slot may be gradually tapered upward and merged into the side .diameter of the gate 4` may be at its bottom sides may be tapered in the same manner, since all that is necessary for the purposes of my improvement is that the shank of the but-4 which terminates at its upper and lowerends in enlarged circular openings, with the but ton Whose head is of adiameter smaller than the opening at thetop of said slot, said button having a shank of a Widthv greater than the Width of the slot and adapted, when the parts are in locking position, to rest Within the smaller circular openin gs in the loop athwart said slot, substantially'as set forth.-

2. A garment support comprising a button 'and loop fastening, the button having a Wide shank of a general ovoidal shape, While the .loop has therein an elongated Aslot terminating at its upper end in a circular opening of a diameter large enough to admit the head of the button and at'its lower'end in a circular opening of a diameter' small enough to prevent the -disengagement of said head, the

Width of said slot being less than thatof the shank of the button, substantial as set forth.

3. In a garment support, the ombination of a loop having therein an enla ged opening at the top and a smaller opening'` at the bottom,` said openings being connected by an elongated gate, and a button Whose head is of a diameter less than the opening in thetop of the loop and greater than the opening 'in I the bottom of the loop, said button having a shank whose shape is ovoidal in cross section and whose longest diameter is greater than the Width of said elongated gate at its lower end, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofl I affix my signature `iii-presence of two Witnesses.

MYRoN B. HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. S.-L0NGDEN. p 

